The College of Family Physicians of Canada: College Reduces Server Hardware by 65 Percent, Speeds Backups by 50 Percent

Executive Summary

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is a not-for-profit organization that represents more than 22,000 members across the country. To resolve critical data-center cooling issues and provide more efficient disaster recovery, the College of Family Physicians of Canada deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 and tools such as Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. As a result, the college has reduced its server footprint and cut data-center energy costs by about 65 percent. It has also sped backups by 50 percent and increased IT reliability, efficiency, and agility.